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FLICKER

flicker, waver, flitter, flutter, quiver - v 
move back and forth very rapidly; "the candle flickered" 

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Synonyms

blare, blink, flare, flash, flit, gleam, glimmer, glint, glitter, glow, hover, quiver, shimmer, tremble, twinkle, waver

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Examples

Fires blaze, candles flicker and the autumn tasting menu is delicious.

At night, lanterns show you the way and the tents are lit with low, flickering candles.

The viewer enters a mirrored cabinet, at the heart of which a chandelier hangs, its lights pulsing and flickering.

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Etymology

Middle English flikeren, from Old English flicorian "to flutter, flap quickly and lightly, move the wings," originally of birds. Onomatopoeic and suggestive of quick motion. With Germanic verbal suffix indicating repeated or diminutive action (see -er (4)). The sense of "shine with a wavering light" is c. 1600 but was not common before 19c. Related: Flickered; flickering.

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